My name is Layan, comes from Syria and has lived in Sweden for 1 year. I am 8 years old.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden, Syria“Back to Syria”
“Foreign country”
My name is Hend and comes from Syria. I am 37 years old and came to Sweden 1 year ago. I have drawn a new person in a country. People around him think he is different. The person is alone in a foreign country.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden, SyriaI would like to work as a secretary
Woman from Syria.
I arrived in bus from Germany in 2015, and after having spent a week in Sandholm I was sent to a refugee centre in Sønderborg with my sister and brothers and my parents, where we lived for more than a year and where I started learning Danish. Continue reading “I would like to work as a secretary”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, refugee,I now live in Faxe
Djwar Ahmad, 27, brother of Shiyar Ahmad from Kobani, Syria.
My life was easy before the war. I have some learning difficulties, so learning was not easy for me so I lived with my family. My family took care of me since I could not get higher schooling. Continue reading “I now live in Faxe”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, faxe, syria, kobani,I started a football club in Copenhagen
Diyar Dersem, 33, From Syria and then Lebanon.
I was in school up until highs school and then started working with embroidery machines. I had to come to Denmark because of problems I had due to my political views. I travelled via Turkey, Greece, Italy, Germany and came to Denmark by train. Continue reading “I started a football club in Copenhagen”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, lebanon, refugee, soccer, football, fc berati,It was pouring down and there was mud all over
Belal, 53 years old, Damascus, Syria.
Before the war I was an employee at a post office. I lived with my wife and sons and a daughter, but as a Palestinian born in Syria and as such stateless life was never easy for me. I was working for the state and the salary was quite miserable, and when the war broke out rather abruptly and I realized that they would force me to enter the army to fight for Assad, I decided to flee to Turkey. Continue reading “It was pouring down and there was mud all over”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, damascus, refugee,I would just like to live a life like any other normal teenager
Young woman from Syria.
I arrived in Denmark in December 2017, and my dream is to live a life like any other teenager and do things that any teenager would do and be happy. Ever since I was a kid I have always liked to be artistic and creative and paint and make jewellery.
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, refugee,Every day I would spend some time watering the flowers
Man from Syria.
Before the civil war broke out I worked as a tailor. I was happy with my wife and children and we had just bought an apartment in the city, where we lived when things got more complicated. And we decided that I should go alone to Turkey to work in order to save up some money for the family, so that we all could leave Syria. My work consisted of assembling different kinds of furniture, but the man who was my boss was a racist and he was always shouting a lot at me, and I only managed to stay there for 2 months before I went back again to Syria. Continue reading “Every day I would spend some time watering the flowers”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, refugee,I like to work and want to contribute
Cadro Osman Mohamad, 27 years old, from Aleppo, Syria
I came to Denmark at the start of 2015, to Frederiksberg Municipality. I had been at an asylum centre before. I fled from a war. I didn’t choose to come to Denmark. Continue reading “I like to work and want to contribute”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, roskilde, syria, aleppo, refugee,We felt like we got a second chance at life
Mahmoud, 31 years old. From Aleppo, Syria
I came to Denmark in 2014. In Syria my family and I owned a textile and lingerie factory and three shops.
Before the war I felt like I was living like a king. My family had money, wealth and lived very well. We had everything; factory, shops, house, car and everything. Continue reading “We felt like we got a second chance at life”